Belt-holder and skirt-support.



T. F. McEVILLY. BELT HOLDER AND SKIRT SUPPORT.

(Application filed 0d. 15, 1901.

' (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS F. MCEVILLY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAl/VARE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I HALF TO JOHN F. MALLOY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

BELT-HOLDER AND SKIRT-SUPPORT.

SPEOIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,656, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed October 15, 19 01. Serial No. 78,745. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern: Be it known that I, THOMAS F. MCEVILLY,

of Wilmington, in the county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Holders and Skirt-Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object the production of a simple and highly-effleient device serving the double purpose of retaining a Womans belt, waist, and skirt in proper position and also holding the lower portion of the skirt raised or elevated, as is desirable in wet weather.

A further object is to provide a skirt-holder which when not in use will not be exposed to View.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged View in perspective. Fig. 3 is a central cross-sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a pin of the class known as safety designed to be passed through the bands of a shirtwaist and skirt to hold them in their proper relative positions. The main bar 2 of the pin at its center 3 is bent outwardly in U shape. This U portion of the bar forms the support for a hook 4, by which the belt 5 is prevented from rising above the waist-line. This hook is preferably formed from a single wire bent so as to provide inner and outer portions 6 and 7, the ends of the wire being coiled around the pin-bar. The outer portion 7 is of less length than the inner portion, and the space between the two portions is such that the outer portion will hug the outside of the belt, which fits between said portions.

8 is an attachment for holding the lower portion of the skirt raised or elevated-that is, out of contact with the ground-without necessitating any adjustment of the skirt at the waistband and is so secured to pin 1 that when not in use it may be moved up beneaththe belt and concealed from view. This attachment is in the form of a loop made, preferably, from a single wire, which after forming the sides of the loop is bent back upon itself to form guides 9, the inner and outer portions of the wire at the centers of such guides being crimped or bent inwardly at 10, so that a slight pressure is necessary in moving the loop on its support. Hence when the loop is not in use it may be moved longitudinally of the guides, and when the crimped portions pass above the bar of the pin the loop will be held up back of the belt out of view, and when moved in the opposite direction, the crimped portions being forced ordrawn beneath the bar, the loop will retain its proper position beneath the belt ready for use.

12 is a tab which is designed to be secured to the skirt at any desired point by a pin 13 of any suitable or fancy pattern. To the inner face of this tab is fastened an ordinary hook 14, which upon being placed in engage ment with the loop 8 when the latter is in its lowered position will hold the skirt raised, the other end of. the tab being of course secured to the skirt at a point sufficiently far down for this purpose. When it is not necessary or desirable to hold the skirt raised, the tab may be entirely removed therefrom, and the loop being forced upwardly back of the belt all of the parts of the skirt-holder will be concealed from View. When, however, it is desired to employ these skirts-supports, after first securing the tab the loop attachment is pulled down from behind the belt and the hook 14 is placed in engagement therewith.

It will be noticed that both the belt-holder and skirt-supporting loop are loosely attached to the skirt-pin and that the employment of the loop is independent of the means by which the waist and skirt are held together. In consequence the wearer suffers absolutely no inconvenience, since in stooping or bending the pin is free to assume various positions without interfering with either of the attachments. These and other advantages are apparent to those skilled in the art.

An attachment of the character described is extremely simple and inexpensive and is especially desirable in that when the skirt-support is not in use the parts thereof will not be exposed.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with a pin designed to be secured to a shirt-waist and skirt-band within the belt, of an attachment for holding the lower portion of the skirt raised out of its normal position, such attachment being so constructed and secured to the pin that it may be moved back of the belt and out of view when not in use, as set forth.

2. The combination with a pin designed to be secured to a shirt-waist and skirt-band within the belt, and a belt-holder secured to such pin, of an attachment for holding the lower portion of the skirt raised, such attachment being secured to the pin and having guides whereby it may be moved longitudinally, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a pin designed to be secured to a shirt-waist and skirt-band within the belt, of a belt-holding hook loosely secured to such pin, and a skirt-holding loop also loosely secured to such pin, as set forth.

l. The combination with a pin designed to be secured to a shirt-waist and skirt-band within the belt, of a skirt-supporting attachment com prising a loop having guides through which a portion of such pin extends, such loop at the centers of the guides being crimped, as and for the purpose stated.

5. The combination with a pin having one of its bars bent at its center, of a hook for engaging the belt, such book being pivotally secured to such bar at the bent portion thereof, a loop also loosely secured to such bent portion capable of being moved longitudinally, and means secured to a skirt for engaging such loop, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS F. MOE VILLY.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS J. BYRNE, WM. J. BYRNE. 

